When the Price of Ulcer Medication Increased by $20 Per

question 213

Multiple Choice

When the price of ulcer medication increased by $20 per 100 tablets, a drug company's revenue increased by $10 million. Its elasticity of demand coefficient (in absolute terms) must be:

• A)​zero.
• B)​greater than one.
• C)​less than one.
• D)​infinitely large.

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